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Auguste Brouet, designer

L' Acrobats, ca. 1900

Description

Maker

  • Auguste Brouet, 1872-1941, French, designer

Title

L' Acrobats

Year

ca. 1900

Medium

Drypoint and roulette on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Techniques

  • drypoint (printing process)

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 15.6 x 17.3 cm (6 1/8 x 6 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil numbered, LL:28/75 ; signed, LR:A. Brouet ; in LL of sheet:P7341 L' ACROBATS ; in LC:#1251

Identification

Edition

28/75

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

80.275.5

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 3

Circus
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Circus

August 1, 2014 - February 22, 2015

American artist Alexander Calder lived in Paris between 1926 and 1933, a transformative time during which he created Calder’s Circus, a two-hour long, multi-act performance featuring mechanized sculptures on a miniaturized scale, and made wire sculptures of acrobats and other circus performers. Calder’s drawings between 1931 and 1932 display a line quality similar to that of his wire sculptures; each figure in Tumblers with Spectators appears to be composed of a single line, as though fashioned out of wire, endowing the acrobats with infinite flexibility. This drawing also mimics the transparency of the sculptures, making visible the line between the floor and the wall through the performers’ bodies.

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